Thanksgiving with a Layered Cranberry and Mango Mousse - Eggless

It’s hard to believe that the year is slowly but very surely coming to an end. At this time last year there were so many plans and new beginnings being schemed. If anything 2009 has really taught us how things can backfire and that even the most immaculately drafted plan can fall apart.

But we look forward and make new plans and aspire to aim for new goals. It’s what keeps us going.

So, I am looking forward. I want to put an end to 2009 and look forward to 2010. However, even with the downs this year has supplied, I do have several things I need to be thankful for. I have learned many lessons and gained so much. That in itself has been an enrichment.

This year Thanksgiving is going to be different around here. Over the past years we were the Thanksgiving hosts for many of our German friends. It was a great reason to come together and enjoy each others company over food and drink. This year however, friends of ours have taken over the hosting and I have to say I am thankful for it.

While I prepare myself for the Food Bloggers Connect in London on Saturday and complete a few photography and writing jobs, I would have crumbled under the pressure of creating a huge Thanksgiving meal. My friends are darlings and considerately observed my current frantic hecticness and decided to relieve me of my Thanksgiving duties. “Just bring dessert!” was the request.

Dessert – yes – sweet treats for sweet friends. Something I want to share with my readers and blog friends too. A thank you for all your support, motivation and encouragement. I have gained many a firm friendship over the past months and years and am extremely excited to finally meet some of them in London this weekend. You all know who you are!

Last year I shared an extensive Thanksgiving Menu Planer with a comprehensive outline on how to plan a stress-free meal. I hope you will find it helpful this year too! While I am not making much this year I still want to offer you a few suggestions for inspiration. So hope you find my ideas below helpful!

This layered mousse brings together two wonderful and rather opposite flavored fruit varieties together. The sweet and juicy mango plays-off the tart and zesty flavored cranberries perfectly. For the mango mousse you can make a portion of my eggless mango mousse or if fresh mangoes are not available do what I did – see recipe below!

Not only does this please the eyes with the flamboyant way it is presented, it’s double fruity flavors really add a spectacular pizzazz. You can spruce the cranberry mousse with a bit of orange liqueur for added bounce, however if you have kids it would be a good idea to leave it out.

So, I hope you all have a fantastic Thanksgiving feast this week. Eat good and party hard. Rest relax and enjoy the family. I’ll be back on Friday with the Daring Bakers scrumptious challenge!

I am always gobsmacked when i se eyour pictures, beautiful.You do have a good bunch of reined there.Love the dessert, never had cranberry mousse, i bet they taste divine.Enjoy FBC in London and I am looking forward to read here aobut it too.

meeta i stumbled upon your blog via @londoneater. a gorgeous combi- mango and cranberry. being from pakistan, we dont see this combi there, as you know, we dont have cranberries in our part of the world. your photographs are beautiful- and what an accomplishment-you say you've written 300 +posts. i have only been blogging for 2 months- admire food bloggers like you. best wishes, shayma

Thank you for visiting What's For Lunch, Honey? and taking time to browse through my recipes, listen to my ramblings and enjoy my photographs. I appreciate all your comments, feedback and input. I will answer your questions to my best knowledge and respond to your comments as soon as possible.

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Hello, I am Meeta a freelance food photographer, stylist and writer living in the cuturally rich city of Weimar, Germany with my husband and our son, where I enjoy preparing multi-cultural home cooked meals with fresh organic ingredients. What's for lunch, Honey? is my award winning food blog where I combine my love for food with my love for photography and styling...